Acute abdominal compartment syndrome

Excerpt

Acute abdominal compartment syndrome can be an elusive clinical diagnosis for which critical care physicians must exercise a high index of suspicion in the differential diagnosis of hemodynamic compromise and hemorrhagic shock. The purpose of these Rounds is to describe a case of abdominal compartment syndrome and to summarize the pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, etiology, and treatment of this entity. The Research Ethics Committee of the Montreal Heart Institute granted approval for use of the related images for publication purposes. …